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iand61 Yeah, thats been one of the worst days in bunch of bad 'uns. The wettest day of the month with 25mm and it continues a run of 11 days with rain. At least the weekend could be dry. A dry month seems a long while ago.
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Apologies for the moan on Valentines Day but as I sit here typing this, the rain is yet again drumming away on the front room window. I don't know about anyone else, but I've had enough of what seems to be months of rain. It's not just a winter thing, it just doesn't seem to have stopped since late summer (bits of an often warm September excluded). The incessant grey and damp is just getting depressing. I don't keep records, but the number of wet days over the past 6 months must be getting on for a record. Is it too much to get a dry week or 2 with a winter high and blue skies? Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much sign of a change in the short term. April and May often bring some of the best conditions and they can't come soon enough.
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Heavy, blowing snow and a wicked wind from the east. Just a shame most surfaces were always going to be too wet and warm to allow it to settle properly. With frozen ground we'd have had 5 or 6 inches.
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So far, as good as it gets here. Snow on the windscreen
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Snow here still but its all dependant on the heavier stuff. Lighter bands bring a rise in temp and dp. Need something a little greener on the radar to get those temps down again.
Snow is struggling to settle here at 200m on anything other than cars and grass. On the photo looking north over the village, there's a definite line at about 250m, where snow is settling.
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Ah. Perhaps precipitation rates are having an effect. Moderate snow here right now. Air temp and dp both dropping fairly quickly.
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Horizontal sleet up here. Looking like a pretty grim day to come. I can't help but think I'd expected someone, somewhere to be reporting snowfall by this time in the morning.
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The wind has gone has gone up a notch. It was at the occasional whistling stage about 30 mins ago. Then it was full on whistling and rain hammering at the windows. Now we've got to the stage where the odd thump on the house makes it feels like something has hit it. A little wild to say the least.
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We seem to have got lucky with a couple of overnight showers and everything is covered again. Unfortunately, the lethal ice and frozen snow covering the roads and footpaths yesterday that could be seen, is now hidden again. Day 4 with snow and can't complain about that.
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Back from a quick walk with the dog and I can see the top of that shower over Llandudno. It looks quite impressive and if that's the sort of thing some of us see later, then it could be a decent evening to slowly wind down this cold spell.
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13 minutes ago, Snowmad79 said:
Yes same here as of a few mins ago. Huge flakes! Still have most of the snow on the ground from this morning too.
I spoke a little soon. Instead of glancing through the window at the lamppost, I got off my bum and put the bin out. It has been heavy enough to cover the road and cars again. It'll be treacherous in the morning. Not a chance they'll get up here to empty that bin
. Anyone south and east of here with decent height may well get a bit more if it stays heavy enough. It's not 'warmed up' here all day, 0.7c at the moment.
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Heaviest snow of the day for the past 15 mins and the air temp dropping quick. Shame the dp is going the other way and conditions now, unlike earlier, are not suitable for settling snow.
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If the air and dp temperatures here keep rising as they are, then both will be above freezing by midday. Hopefully, any heavier stuff will slow that rise. As others have mentioned, the big story could be the ice rink that forms when any melt freezes overnight.
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Great to see so many folk have got snow this morning. Lots more to come too before the will it/won't it temporary switch to rain/ sleet. Up to 30mm here and -1.5c. Dp now rapidly catching up with slowly rising air temp.
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Beautiful day today. A little chilly, but nothing proper clothing doesn't sort out. Clear artic air gives fantastic blue skies. Perfect day for a little local walk with the dog down into Ashworth Valley. I'd be happy if it stayed like this for the week rather than cloud and bobbins potential for snow.
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1 hour ago, Scuba steve said:
Can’t imagine piling and rebar work being much fun in a hole at this time of year with this rain
Since July it's been pretty horrendous for much of the time. The last 6 weeks or so has been as bad as anything in the last 10 years. Everywhere is saturated. Every excavation fills with water. Swamps and concrete are not a good mix.
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Fingers crossed that this forecast drier spell is at least a week or ten days long. 2024 has certainly continued in the same vein as the end of 2023. We've just passed 40mm for the 1st 2 days. That also means we've had 100mm in the last week and 300mm in the last calendar month. A horribly wet period of weather.
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28 minutes ago, Rain Lady said:
Dec rain now 284.8 mm. Year 1930.8 mm. Might get 4th place if we beat 1936.1 mm.
Some weak sunshine currently !
The Met have very generously handed out a yellow waring for rain from 6pm today, that covers a central slice of the region. It looks like you'll get the 6mm and it looks like we'll get plenty more here to add to the year's wettest month. Wrap up this evening if you're out locally.
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The rain train just keeps on coming. Yesterday's rain took us over 1600mm for the year. That's 300 to 400mm above an average year. We're also sat on just over 230mm for December, and if the rest of the month pans out as forecast, then that'll get above 250mm and be the wettest month of the year. With its constant low light and the inability for surfaces to dry out, December is a poor month to have so much rain. 28 days in and only 3 dry days. Grim.
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Where's all this come from? Good luck to anyone currently navigating a few pubs or bars.
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Another grim day, in a month of many grim days. Today's torrential drizzle seems to have abated somewhat but I'm sure it'll be back soon. Twenty days with rain this month says it all really. If the rain keeps up for the next week we might sneak over 1600mm for the year. That makes it a really wet 12 months, as it's around a third more than the local average of 1200mm. It seems to be the way though these days. Long wet periods interspersed with shorter very dry ones. Hopefully we'll get a drier week or 2 sometime soon. Merry Christmas all
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Snow again here as the temperature has dropped to around 0c with the dp just that little bit lower. If what is still lying on the roads and pavements freezes, it'll be chaos in the morning.
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26 minutes ago, iand61 said:
At first I thought it was heading NE but your right it does seem to be east now so we’ll soon find out, unless it dies out of course.
the lighter stuff to the southwest is knocking on the door here now so I suppose it’ll give a good idea but it’s making painfully slow progress and no doubt has already been taken over by the milder uppers.
It seems to be getting heavier the further inland it creeps. Looks like you might be in the sweet spot if it does snow.
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Anyone any thoughts on this finger of heavier stuff coming in south of Southport. It seems to be heading east towards an area between the M65 and M62. Its showing as fairly heavy and if it stays that way is it possibly going to fall as snow as it comes over higher ground. Out in Manchester right now so planning the journey home, as it gets a little difficult if more snow falls. Thanks.
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Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards
in Northwest Weather Discussion
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Weather-history that is an incredible stat, and it proves what many of us on here have already been saying. It has been a dire 12 months for rainfall. Unfortunately, its also backed up by the other wetter winters records you've given us.
What is concerning is that this is exactly what we've been told could be one of the outcomes through gradual climate change. Warmer air can hold more water, and that water is more likely to fall in those areas that see maritime air massess. We're right in the firing line.
It affects all of us, and more especially those that work outdoors. From my own perspective it is causing problems. My business installs building foundations, and wet ground conditions throughout a job can add 20% to the time it takes to complete. Add to that the miserable working conditions and you get an unhappy workforce and terrible productivity. Since last July its been grim working in the ground, and there doesn't seem to have been many 30 days periods with less than 200mm of rain.
It might be something we all have to adapt to, but its just another thing that adds to costs in a world where we're all already suffering inflated prices.